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Pakistan fails to reach deal with IMF: What it means for economy

NEW DELHI: Cash-strapped Pakistan's woes deepened further after it failed to reach a consensus with International Monetary Fund (IMF) for $1.1 billion funding.

The Times of India

Pakistan Finance Minister says expect IMF matters to be settled today - Dawn news

Pakistan's finance minister was quoted on Thursday as saying he expects talks with a visiting International Monetary Fund mission to be settled today.

Reuters

Explained: What happens if Pakistan defaults on its debt

NEW DELHI: Cash-strapped Pakistan economy is in dire states with plunging currency, soaring inflation, a balance of payments crisis, diminishing forex reserves all amid political chaos and a deteriorating security situation.

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Pakistan seeks U.S. help in unlocking $1.1 billion IMF loan - Dawn

Pakistan has sought support from Washington to unlock a stalled International Monetary Fund programme that would release $1.1 billion to its strained economy as the country rebuilds after last year's devastating floods, Dawn newspaper said on Thursday.

Reuters

Wikipedia Middle East editors ban shows risks for creators

BEIRUT: Rights groups have accused the Saudi Arabian government of "infiltrating" and seeking to control Wikipedia, after the Wikimedia Foundation banned 16 users for engaging in "conflict of interest editing" in the Middle East and North Africa.

Bangkok Post

MBS paid Trump "millions": report

DAWN calls for DOJ probe after revelation that MBS owns nearly all of Trump-partnered LIV Golf

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Pakistan’s finance minister to meet IMF delegation in Geneva

IMF has yet to approve the release of $1.1bn originally due to be disbursed in November last year.

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India Calls On Pakistan To Protect Minorities After Killing Of Hindu Woman Daya Bheel In Sindh Province

India on Thursday called on Pakistan to protect its minorities after the killing of a Hindu woman Daya Bheel in Sindh province. Read on for details:

Dynamite News

Mohammed bin Salman accused of attempt to ‘manipulate’ US court system

Lawyer says Saudi crown prince took actions to ‘secure impunity’ from civil case brought by fiancee of Jamal Khashoggi

The Guardian - US

The U.S. moves to shield Saudi crown prince in journalist killing

The U.S. declaration that Saudi Arabia's crown prince should be considered immune from a lawsuit over his role in the killing of a U.S.-based journalist breaks from Joe Biden's campaign denunciations.

WEKU

Biden administration moves to protect Saudi crown prince from legal action over Jamal Khashoggi’s murder

State department says decision ‘purely a legal determination’

The Independent UK

Biden administration says Saudi Arabia's MBS has immunity in Khashoggi civil case

The Biden administration declared Thursday that the high office held by Saudi Arabia's crown prince should shield him from lawsuits for his role in the killing of a U.S.-based journalist, a turnaround from Joe Biden's passionate campaign trail denunciations of Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the brutal slaying.

France 24

Biden administration says Mohammed bin Salman should be granted sovereign immunity in Khashoggi civil case

Court filing says Saudi crown prince’s promotion to the role of prime minister meant that he was ‘the sitting head of government and, accordingly, immune’

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International: Pakistan To Summon US Ambassador Blome, Issues Demarche Over Biden's Statement

The Pakistan government is set to summon US Ambassador Donald Blome for an official demarche over American President Joe Biden's statement regarding the country's nuclear capability, Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - UK

Biden administration seeks delay over Prince Mohammed immunity decision

Representatives seek delay in court proceeding over Khashoggi murder after news crown prince has been named prime minister

Al Jazeera

Pakistan’s former PM Khan gets bail after arrest warrant

Imran Khan faces several cases due to his remarks against police officials and a judge made at a rally last month.

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: jailed Saudi woman was convicted of ‘spreading lies through tweets’

Exclusive: court document details charges against Noura al-Qahtani, who was sentenced to 45 years in prison

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Saudi Arabian woman sentenced to 45 YEARS in jail for social media posts

Qahtani's conviction has come just weeks after a British mother-of-two Salma al-Shehab was handed a 35-year sentence for following and retweeting dissidents and activists on Twitter

Reuters

Saudi woman gets 45-year prison term for social media posts -rights group

A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison for social media posts, a rights group said, in the latest example of a crackdown on women activists that followed a visit by U.S. President Joe Biden to the kingdom.

The Guardian - UK

Saudi woman jailed for 45 years over social media use, says group

Nourah bint Saeed al-Qahtani accused of ‘using the internet to tear Saudi Arabia’s social fabric’

The Times of India

Pak melody queen Nayyara Noor, adored by millions on both sides of the border, no more

BATHINDA: India born melody queen of Pakistan Nayyara Noor passed away in the wee hours of Sunday at Karachi in Pakistan. She was 71. Having got the title of Bulbul-e-Pakistan, Nayyara Noor had sang poems of legendary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz apart from many known Ghazals.

The Times of India

Pakistani passport remains fourth-worst in the world

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani passport continues to be the fourth-worst in the world, not changing its position from a year ago and providing access to only 32 destinations, according to the Henley Passport Index for 2022, local media reported.

The Independent UK

MBS fired back at Biden with US controversies after confrontation over Khashoggi’s murder, says report

The Saudi crown prince brought up the death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and incidents where US soldiers abused Iraqi prisoners

Reuters

UAE detains U.S. lawyer for Khashoggi on money laundering charges

United Arab Emirates authorities have detained Asim Ghafoor, a U.S. citizen and civil rights attorney who previously served as a lawyer for slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, said U.S.-based rights group DAWN of whose board Ghafoor is a member.

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